# MiniCPM5-2B vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniCPM5-2B and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minicpm5-2b-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick ZAYA1-8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniCPM5-2B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- ZAYA1-8B leads overall 58 to 44.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is BFCL v4 in Agentic, with scores of 66.6% and 39.2%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenBMB | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 45.7 (Estimated · #80/152)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v4 | 66.6% | 39.2% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 69.1% | 65.8% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| SciCode | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 46.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 14.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 8.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 43.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 43.3 (Estimated · #118/183)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 70.8% | 74.2% | ZAYA1-8B |
| MMLU-Redux | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 8.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 70.2% | 71.0% | ZAYA1-8B |
| SuperGPQA | 40.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 71% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 35.6 (#110/123)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 66.3% | 52.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |
| IFEval | 86.7% | 85.6% | MiniCPM5-2B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- MiniCPM5-2B public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 62.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | MiniCPM5-2B | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 86.5% | 89.1% | ZAYA1-8B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 63.8% | 71.6% | ZAYA1-8B |
| MATH-500 | 94.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, MiniCPM5-2B or ZAYA1-8B?

ZAYA1-8B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does MiniCPM5-2B cover on BenchLM?

MiniCPM5-2B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-8B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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